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Huge absentee ballot request in 14 LD raises concerns

New York State Attorney General Letitia James is reviewing complaints of possible absentee ballot fraud in one of the most contentious legislative races in Nassau County, The Point has learned.

Republican Sheharyar Ali, a former county attorney now working at Nassau’s Board of Elections, and Democrat Cynthia Nuñez are vying for an open seat in the 14th Legislative District. GOP incumbent C. William Gaylor III is not seeking reelection. Republicans who are in control of the chamber are pushing for one more seat to gain a supermajority.

The Point was told that an “anomalous” 1,187 absentee ballots were picked up in person at the Board of Elections. According to the source, 50 individual “harvesters” came to Mineola to pick

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